Reinsurance News

Nippon Life

Nippon Life completes acquisition of Resolution Life

31st October 2025

Resolution Life, a global life insurance group focused on reinsurance and managing life insurance portfolios, has confirmed the completion of its acquisition by Nippon Life Insurance Company, a Japanese life insurer. This follows the December 2024 announcement that Nippon Life had agreed to consolidate its ownership interest in Resolution Life ... Read the full article

Resolution Life closes block reinsurance transaction with Anshin Life in Japan

21st May 2025

Global life insurance group Resolution Life has entered into a reinsurance agreement with Tokio Marine & Nichido Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (Anshin Life), a domestic life insurance subsidiary of Tokio Marine Holdings, its first block transaction since Nippon Life's proposed acquisition of Resolution Life. The transaction covers an in-force portfolio ... Read the full article

Nippon Life backed AllegisNL Capital provides funding to Lazarus AI

1st April 2025

Japanese life insurer Nippon Life Group backed venture capital fund, AllegisNL Capital, which invests in insurtechs, has provided funding to Lazarus AI. The funds aim to further Lazarus AI's technology to expand its reach into the Japanese insurance market. Lazarus AI is known for its foundation AI models, which streamline operations of ... Read the full article

Ranked by 2023 NPW, health carriers again dominate list of world’s largest insurers

3rd January 2025

In terms of net premiums written (NPW), health insurance companies continued to dominate in 2023 as four out of the top five were US-based health insurers, with UnitedHealth Group holding on to the top spot for the 10th year in a row with NPW growth of 13%. Our ranking of ... Read the full article

Nippon Life to acquire remaining shares in Resolution Life for $8.2bn

11th December 2024

Nippon Life Insurance Company has agreed to consolidate its ownership interest in Resolution Life by acquiring the remaining shares from the firm’s investment limited partnership for $8.2 billion. The transaction values Resolution Life at $10.6 billion, with shareholders also retaining final dividends before completion. According to Resolution Life, this agreement marks the ... Read the full article

AIG closes sale of Corebridge stake to Nippon Life

10th December 2024

Global insurer American International Group, Inc. (AIG) has closed its previously announced sale of approximately 120 million shares of its Corebridge common stock to Nippon Life Insurance Company. The selling price of the stock, as previously reported, was decided at $31.47 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $3.8 ... Read the full article

AIG to sell Corebridge common stock to Nippon Life Insurance Company

16th May 2024

Global insurer AIG has reached an agreement to sell approximately 120 million shares of its Corebridge common stock to Nippon Life Insurance Company. The selling price of the stock has been decided at $31.47 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $3.8 billion. The shares represent 20% of the outstanding ... Read the full article

Resolution Life welcomes Nippon Life’s further $1bn investment

24th January 2023

Nippon Life has agreed to invest an additional commitment of $1bn in Resolution Life, a global life and annuity insurance consolidation business. The news comes after Resolution Life and asset manager Blackstone announced their strategic partnership last year. Nippon Life has been the largest investor in Resolution Life since 2019. It ... Read the full article

Once again, UnitedHealth is the world’s largest insurer ranked by NPW

11th January 2023

Over 12% growth in net premiums written (NPW) in 2021 ensured that UnitedHealth Group Incorporated remains the world's largest insurance company when ranked by NPW, while global insurer Allianz sits atop the table when ranked by non-banking assets. Our directory of the World’s Largest Insurance Companies, which is ... Read the full article

MassMutual International sells 85% of Japan operations to Nippon Life

8th March 2018

MassMutual International LLC, the international insurance holding company of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, has announced a deal in which it will sell roughly 85.1% of its Japanese life insurance and wealth management affiliate to Nippon Life for US$935 million in cash. The transaction with Nippon Life, Japan’s largest life insurer, ... Read the full article